The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-24

sects of the world believe in those gifts
| A man would be considered insane if he
went abroad and asked if the members
OF the various sects believed in the gifts
OF healing, prophecy, etc. 1.-The earth
is detil. under the inh 4bitants thereof,
! because they have tTansgressed the laws,
changed the ordinances, broken the
! everlasting covenant" as Isaiah said
! they would do. The plan laid down in
the example of NI"odemus when Jesus
told him, except man be born again,
he could not enter the kingdom of
heaven" was plainly stated by Apostle
Taylor, who declared that the principle
of baptism was one OF the first princi-
pies of the gospel necessary to saliva
tion, and illustrated his statement that
| IN agriculture. if not properly attended
| to, crops would not follow planting or
sowing. The beliefs of the world to-day
included three or four Lords and seven
! tr ight kinds of baptism. Peter said
, in the Acts. ii, SO, when the people spoke
IN tongues, Repent and be baptized.
every one of you in the name of Jesus
Christ, for the remission of sins, and We
shall receive the gilt of the Holy Ghost.
For the PROMISES unto you, and to your
Children, and to all that are afar off,
even as many as the Lord our God shall
call" The promise was to "all that
are afar off," Paul said to Tim
othy. Neglect rot the gift that
by prophecy, with the laying on
OF the hands of the presbytery."
There were none nowadays who believed
IN the gifts of prophecy or any other;
they disclaimed the necessity for the
gift OF the Holy Ghost; in fact, they had
not the fruits and blessings of the Cos
pei as Christ said should follow those
who received His word and obeyed it.
Apostle Taylor quoted COT iously from
the New Testament in support of the
doctrine that there was but lone faith,
one Lord and one baptism" one mode
OF salvation. In acts XIX Paul asket
- Have We received the Holy Ghost since
We believed?" to which answer was
made that they had not so much as
heard whether there he any Holy Ghost; |
he then explained to:rhem and laid his |
hands on them. This the speaker |
quoted to show that the Holy Ghost |
could not be CONFER d except by some
)ne having divine authority Where
could mankind go to-day tC I'd that
authority Where was it? read
he hymn OF Charles Wesley in answer:
Where shall we wander now to find
'uccy ssors they have left behind?
he faithful whom we seek in vain
IRE 'mInlshed from the sons of men
Ie different sects. who all declare.
Lo! here Is Christi" or Christ is therer"
ooc stronger proofs divinely give,
md show re where true Christians live.
These words reit rated the words of
he ancient prophets, who unanimously
ctn 4
would exist in the latter daysP Where
Iere the gifts, blessings, powers, etc. of
he gospel to be found among the world
o-day? he asked. The elders of the
after day Saints go forth to the nations
o testify that they were posse ssed by
ne Saints, aud telling all people that If
hey would repent and be baptized, that
hey would receive the gift of the HOLY
host and they would know for them.
elves, that Christ was the Son of the
wing God. The world wondered at the
nifty OF the Latter-day Saints, It was
ne knowledge that they had of the
nth; they would rather suffer death
IAN renounce it. They were reyiIed ard
yet they prespered. The
Ingdom was not controlled by man
ut by God; He had revealed it and il
ould continue to grow and in rease no
-atter VINO stepped aside or shuffled of
lis mo tai coil. The virtuous and pure
c uld I've to see Zion redeemed. :
he exhorted 'ents to set exanp'es
: tnelr chlldren; to purify thems elves,
pent am forsake their evil Coings. He
9ped God would search the Saints. and
lrge them from the presence of hypo-
Tues. tte SAID he was the son of q
'lygamous wife; he had nineteen
-others; ne had never heard an i'm
,oper word from them or his parents;
~ never been taught anything but I
Ire and holy principles; he strongly
enounced impurity and vice. and mn.
ED virtue, honesty, purity and mn
in all their dealings. He de-
'eecated the mingling of the Latter-day
ANTS IN excursions, with the outside
ements, where blasphemv and vile
nguage could be heard by them from
e hps OF the ungodly. He counseled
against promlscuous gatherings
nong which there were disgracef1I
ansactlons carried on. The lake was
pleasant place to go, but he deprecated
e mixing and mingliDg with the nm!
IDLY. He denounced in strong terms |
e bar" business which cast a banefuI
and blighting effect upon the
'ung. he warned parents and guard
as against this comminglirg. BE
mperate wise, i tuous, clean, and ~,
ID VIII bless you" he said in concIu- u
On; and to the priesthood of the !,
aros, ne added few words of counsel, fr
Ia SAID 1t was their duty to report VI
lnday School superintendent who W
OK thelr charges to the bathing resorts n
lder the circumstances he had men
'nea, ana II they PERSISTED they should :,
cut of. He closed by predicting
ccess for the church and kingdom Of = =
ID, the redemption of Zion ard the 4
lvation of mankind, ~
Singing by the choir. A
benedlction by Elder B. F. Cum
ingS. -
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